Anaesthetist – For the purpose of these standards, the term anaesthetist refers to specialist anaesthetists, GP anaesthetists and rural generalist anaesthetists.
CCP – Critical care physician refers to intensive care or emergency medicine physicians.
CERS – Clinical Emergency Response System.
General anaesthesia – A drug-induced state of unconsciousness characterised by absence of purposeful response to any stimulus, loss of protective airway reflexes, depression of ventilation and disturbance of circulatory reflexes.
Procedural sedation – A state of drug-induced relief of anxiety or tolerance of uncomfortable diagnostic or interventional medical, dental or surgical procedures.
Proceduralist – Any practitioner or dentist or dental specialist performing surgical, diagnostic or dental procedures.
Sedationist – Any practitioner, dentist or dental specialist registered with their jurisdictional regulatory registration authority who is responsible for the administration, management and conduct of sedation working within their defined clinical scope of practice.
Sedation levels
Mild – A drug-induced state of diminished anxiety, during which patients are conscious and respond purposefully to verbal commands or light tactile stimulation
Moderate – A drug-induced state of depressed consciousness during which patients retain the ability to respond purposefully to verbal commands and tactile stimulation.
Deep – A drug-induced state of depressed consciousness during which patients are not easily roused and may respond only to noxious stimulation.